Novena to St. John Bosco

Day 6

10 min

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.

Novena to St. John Bosco

Opening prayer:

O glorious St. John Bosco, father and teacher of the young, you spent yourself wholly for souls and never turned away a child in need. Draw near to me now as you drew near to your boys, and present my prayer before the throne of God. Amen.

Read the meditation and offer the intention of the day.

Day 6: Mary Help of Christians

Don Bosco attributed every grace of his work to Our Lady and built in Turin a great basilica in her honor as Help of Christians, raised stone by stone through her own miracles of providence. 'It is Mary who has done everything,' he often said. He told his sons to spread her devotion everywhere and watch the wonders she would work, certain that she who had been his teacher in the dream would never fail her children.

O St. John Bosco, faithful client of Mary Help of Christians, who owed all your works to her hand, teach me to run to her in every need with childlike trust, and to spread her holy name, that she may be the helper and refuge of all who call upon her. Amen.

Today's intention:

That I may entrust all my needs to Mary, Help of Christians.

Pray one Our Father, one Hail Mary, and one Glory Be.

Our Father

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

Pater noster, qui es in cælis,

sanctificétur nomen tuum.

Advéniat regnum tuum.

Fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra.

Panem nostrum quotidiánum da nobis hódie,

et dimítte nobis débita nostra,

sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris.

Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem,

sed líbera nos a malo.

Amen.

Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

pray for us sinners,

now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.

Ave María, grátia plena, Dóminus tecum.

Benedícta tu in muliéribus,

et benedíctus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.

Sancta María, Mater Dei,

ora pro nobis peccatóribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostræ.

Amen.

Glory Be

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,

world without end.

Amen.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper,

et in sǽcula sæculórum.

Amen.

Closing prayer:

St. John Bosco, who taught that holiness is found in cheerfulness and daily duty, obtain for me the grace I ask in this novena, if it be for God's glory and my salvation. Make me, like your boys, a friend of God, devoted to Our Lady and faithful in small things. Amen.

Sign of the Cross

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

In nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Amen.